2014 Outdoor Season

Brian Basili set a personal best in the 5000 meters at the Armory Collegiate Invitational on Friday afternoon.

Feb. 7, 2014

NEW YORK -
Junior distance runner Brian Basili (South Orange, N.J.) set a personal best time in the 5000 meters and Villanova competed in 10 events at the Armory Collegiate Invitational on Friday afternoon. The two-day meet at the New York Armory continues on Saturday morning and will feature events throughout the day.

Basili competed in the championship section of the 5000 meters and registered an eighth place finish with a time of 14:25.44. That mark was exactly nine seconds faster than his previous personal best in the event, which had come outdoors at the 2012 Larry Ellis Invitational.

In competition on Friday the Wildcats participated in the championship sections of three events. Sophomore Charlie Bates (Hoboken, N.J.) and junior Chris Pietrocarlo (Hampstead, N.H.) ran in the 1000 meters and came in 21st (2:30.27) and 25th (2:31.69), respectively.

Villanova also ran in the distance medley relay and posted a time of 9:52.67 to finish in sixth place.

Junior Bryan Murphy (Teaneck, N.J.) and freshman Vince Thompson (Pipersville, Pa.) competed in the college sections of both the 60 meters and the 200 meters. Murphy tied for 25th place in the preliminaries of the 60 meters (7.17) and came in 34th in the 200 meters (22.81), while Thompson finished 36th (7.24) and 45th (23.13) in those two events.

In the college section of the 60 meter hurdles sophomore Aaron Sandifer (Harrisburg, N.C.) recorded a time of 8.85 and came in 38th overall in the preliminary heats. Freshmen Kyle Cartwright (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) and Peter Winslow (Stratham, N.H.) came in 48th in the 400 meters (50.11) and 20th in the 500 meters (1:05.79), respectively.

Junior Elbert Maxwell (Pittsburgh, Pa.) competed in the college sections of the high jump and the long jump. He tied for ninth place in the high jump with a season-best height of 2.01 meters and came in 25th in the long jump with a distance of 6.84 meters.

Accepted Entries | Heat Sheets | Live Results | Flotrack Live CoverageOne of the big weekends of competition during the indoor track & field regular season is on tap for Villanova, which is heading to the Penn State National this Friday and Saturday. Some of the top teams from around the nation will be competing in the meet at Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track. The meet begins on Friday afternoon and continues until Saturday evening.